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Great news 8AAAA regulars, Maple Grove and their six straight section titles has been sent elsewhere, the door is open! So who do we think will walk through it? 8AAAA Power Rankings Buffalo Sartell-St. Stephen Brainerd Elk River St.…
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Continue ReadingGreat news 8AAAA regulars, Maple Grove and their six straight section titles has been sent elsewhere, the door is open! So who do we think will walk through it?
8AAAA Power Rankings
- Buffalo
- Sartell-St. Stephen
- Brainerd
- Elk River
- St. Michael-Albertville
- Bemidji
- Moorhead
- Rogers
The Section 15
First Team
Antonio Bluiett Antonio Bluiett 6'2" | PG Buffalo | 2022 State MN of Buffalo
Johnny Tennyson Johnny Tennyson 6'3" | SG STMA | 2022 State MN of STMA
Mason Lund Mason Lund 6'6" | SF Sartell | 2022 State MN of Sartell-St. Stephen
Zach Zrust Zach Zrust 6'8" | PF Buffalo | 2022 State MN of Buffalo
Cade Osterman Cade Osterman 6'1" | PG Elk River | 2023 State MN of Elk River
Second Team
Mitchell Degen Mitchell Degen 6'5" | PF Brainerd | 2022 State MN of Brainerd
Peyton Belka Peyton Belka 6'1" | PG Rogers | 2022 State MN of Rogers
Isaac Severts Isaac Severts 6'6" | PF Bemidji | 2023 State MN of Bemidji
Adam Jenkins Adam Jenkins 6'9" | C Moorhead | 2023 State MN of Moorhead
Will Pool Will Pool 6'3" | SF Buffalo | 2022 State MN of Buffalo
Third Team
Evan Templin Evan Templin 6'2" | SG Sartell-St. Stephen | 2022 State MN of Sartell-St. Stephen
Riley Purcell of STMA
Parker Behne Parker Behne 5'11" | PG Elk River | 2022 State MN of Elk River
John Pecarich John Pecarich 6'2" | SG Brainerd | 2023 State MN of Brainerd
Caleb Gillquist Caleb Gillquist 6'4" | PF Elk River | 2022 State MN of Elk River
Final Thoughts
I have Buffalo as the clear favorite but I think this will be an open competitive section. What’s weird about this group is that I don’t think there are any state title contenders here at all, but I also don’t think this section has any bad teams either. The 1 seed/8 seed game in 8AAAA might be the best best 1/8 game in the state this year for example. If you were to split the 64 AAAA teams in to eight categories, this section would have one team that’s a second or third group team (Buffalo) and then seven teams in groups five and six. Again, no bad teams, no title contenders, just a favorite and a lot of solid teams they have to go through to meet their expectations. the lake prep